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Salt of the Earth

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Salt of the Earth
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NR,1hr 34min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 1953
Director:
Herbert Biberman
Distributor:
Geneon
Starring:
Rosaura Revueltas, Juan Chacón, Will Geer  ...more
Synopsis: Though it cannot help but lapse into dogma and didactics at times, Salt of the Earth is a powerful, persuasive labor-management drama. With the exception of five actors (including future Waltons star Will Geer), the cast is comprised of non-professionals, mostly participants of the real-life strike action upon which the film is based. Set in a New Mexico mining town, the film concerns the measures taken by the largely Hispanic union to improve working and especially living conditions for the poverty-stricken ... Full Synopsis
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Mark Deming, AMG Review
Made at the height of Hollywood's anti-Communist hysteria, Salt of the Earth was the most unabashedly leftist American film of the 1950s; it's almost as if, after being blacklisted, director Herbert Biberman and screenwriter Michael Wilson decided to create a crime that merited their punishment. It certainly helps your enjoyment of the film if you share its beliefs, especially since the characters ... Full Review
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Rosaura Revueltas
Esperanza Quintero
Juan Chacón
Ramon Quintero
Will Geer
The Sheriff
David Wolfe
Barton
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